لَكَ عِندي يَدٌ وَما لِلِساني

لَكَ عِندي يَدٌ وَما لِلِساني

بِيَدٍ تَملَأُ الرُءوسَ يَدانِ

بِيَدٍ تَملَأُ الرُءوسَ يَدانِ

You have done me a kindness—and the tongue has no

You have bestowed a favor on me, yet my tongue has no

hand, while two hands fill every head.

two hands to match a hand that fills heads.

وَالبَيانُ الصَحيحُ عِندَكَ لا عِن

وَالبَيانُ الصَحيحُ عِندَكَ لا عِن

دي وَلَكِنَّ الحالَ فَوقَ اللِسانِ

دي وَلَكِنَّ الحالَ فَوقَ اللِسانِ

And true eloquence is yours, not m—

And true eloquence is with you, not with

—ine; but my state lies beyond the tongue.

me; yet the reality is beyond the tongue.

حَفِظَ اللَهُ مِن زَماني زَماني

حَفِظَ اللَهُ مِن زَماني زَماني

وِبِحَقٍّ أَدعو فَأَنتَ زَماني

وِبِحَقٍّ أَدعو فَأَنتَ زَماني

May God preserve my Time from my time;

May God protect my time from my time;

and truly I pray—for you are my Time.

And with good reason I pray, for you are my time.